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*** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR BLACKPOOL 2019 *** The LGBT Powerlifting Union are very proud to confirm that Blackpool has been chosen to host the LGBT International Powerlifting Championships in Summer 2019, with the modern Blackpool Sixth Form College providing the venue, for what promises to be a prestigious new sports event for the […]

PRESS RELEASE: POWERLIFTING SET TO RETURN TO GAY GAMES IN HONG KONG 2022 The LGBT Powerlifting Union has agreed to assist Gay Games Hong Kong 2022 in the delivery and promotion of their Powerlifting event in the next Gay Games cycle. Powerlifting was not included in the sports schedule in the Gay Games X that […]

Dates have been confirmed for LGBT IPC 2019 with press information and media interviews to follow over the next week or two. Thank you to all those who attended LGBT IPC in 2017 and 2018 in London, next year we are going to be in the most LGBT and Trans friendly seaside town in the […]

“LGBT International Powerlifting Championships” Announce The Introduction of Inclusive Mx Category For Transgender, Non Binary and Intersex Athletes … Registration for the LGBT International Powerlifting Championships 2018 is now open and the organisers have introduced a new “optional” Mx Category (Third Gender) to encourage people from Transgender, Non Binary and Intersex Communities to participate in […]

PRESS RELEASE: AUGUST 2017 “Announcing The Formation of the LGBT Powerlifting Union” … On Saturday 29th July 2017 LGBT Powerlifters from all over the world attended the inaugural LGBT International Powerlifting Championships (LGBT IPC) held in London. Nine countries were represented including Australia, Belarussia, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, United States of America and of […]

Here’s the updated “Final Programme” for LGBT IPC 2017, with all event times and venues with the exception of the athletes meal, more details to follow on this soon. http://lgbtpowerlifting.org/?page_id=54

IMPORTANT STATEMENT! We have decided to “Old School” for registration and are running registration exactly the way Chris Morgan runs his other events in the UK. Please note Chris Morgan and Dom Patmore are running this event on a “Non Profit” basis and entry fees have been calculated on this basis. At this moment as […]

LGBT POWERLIFTING UNION

The LGBT Powerlifting Union are a group of athletes, with focus on giving LGBT Powerlifters representation with both mainstream and LGBT Sports organisations.

We have recently been negotiating with the Federation of Gay Games about inclusion of Powerlifting in Gay Games XI in Hong Kong.

We have recently we have been helping mainstream organisations create their Trans policies, to make sure they are as inclusive and fair as possible.

LGBT IPC 2019

The LGBT International Powerlifting Championships are currently organised by "The Union", as an unsanctioned fun competition, to encourage LGBT Participation in the sport.

We currently offer Novice, Closed, Open categories for participants, which gives LGBT athletes as much choice as possible to compete. (See competition rules for more details of this).

LGBT IPC 2018 was the first sports event in the world to offer an MX third gender category, welcoming Trans, Non Binary and Intersex athletes to compete. The LGBT IPC 2019 will also have an MX Category !